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The biggest lie is not “I will love you forever”
The biggest lie is not “I will love you forever”. It is Google saying that the best way to have get traffic is to have compelling content. I admit that if I was a teenage girl I might see things differently but I am a 54 year old man launching a website. Launch Day 1:…
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“Realising the potential of technology in Education” is very good.
“Realising the potential of technology in Education” was announced by the Education Secretary yesterday and it looks very good. I had the privilege of being CIO at Dulwich College for four years until I left last year and I am a governor of a state maintained school. I have always been of the opinion that…
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The web at 30
Here is great video from CERN reminding us that they created the web 30 years ago. The narrator closes with “we cannot now imagine or remember a world without the web”. I am afraid I do…
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“Black Start”
The first 10 years of my professional life were as a nuclear fusion physicist and I hoped to save the world by developing civilian nuclear fusion. I retain a strong interest in the energy industry. The Renewable Energy World website gives a fascinating insight into a wide range of technologies. Today I read about ‘black…
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Quotes – better straight than bent
I will be launching CRYPTOSTAR.MONEY soon (“Find Rated Crypto Businesses”) which is built on WordPress. JSON Requires Straight Quotes Many integrations are required and at one point I stash some JSON from the database in a DIV and then read it into Javascript (it would be better to use AJAX but I am doing this…
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Independent Schools, “Privilege Guilt” and the BBC
Like many others I am still trying to understand the peasant’s revolt that is Brexit. One key factor in this has been the rise of social media and distrust of institutions such as the BBC. This article by Mark Simon Hockey, reproduced in full from Quora (registration required) provides some insight and deserves to be…
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WordPress API returns HTML not JSON
Summary I found that in some cases the WordPress API was returning HTML not JSON. Inspection of the HTML showed that I was being redirected to the login page by Formidable Registration Plugin when basic authentication failed. Steps to Resolution The steps to resolution were, Disable all plugins Install Basic Auth plugin from https://github.com/WP-API/Basic-Auth…
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Should ‘stupid’ people be allowed access to their own money?
The World’s Biggest Blockchain Hackaton I went to a very interesting meeting of the London Ethereum Meet-up yesterday. It was a presentation by Odyssey the world’s biggest blockchain hackathon. Odyssey is remarkable because teams work alongside a commercial sponsor who may (and often does) choose to continue to fund their work after the event. The…
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A good book for Christmas
A friend wrote a very good historical mystery book. It is a bit like the Da Vinci code but set in London. I paid a tenner for it but if you have a Kindle you can get it for 99p this week.
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Will your start-up succeed?
Show me the incentive and I will show you the outcome. Charlie Munger I have recently finished a four year gig as a Chief Information Officer and I am tired of selling hours. I would rather build a sustainable online business. I am a full stack developer and experienced project manager. I can built anything…
Dr James Bayley
Creating successful projects
Dr James Bayley 